What is considered "bad" or unreliable research?


Add your comments and attach examples of "bad" research.


List and elaborate on the "red flags" that researchers and consumers should be aware of (and avoid!) in educational research:

  1. Not specific or clearly defined in one or more areas
  2. Bias is evident
  3. Does not verify that the results are valid and/or reliable
  4. Correlations, causation, and/or other interpretations of the results are unfounded

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Above is an example of "bad research" - I haven't run into any yet using EBSCO, so I went back to a webpage I use with my students when we talk about not believing everything we read on the website. (It isn't exactly "research" but the quickest example I could pull. I also was thinking of the infant formula article we read at the beginning of class.)